Marine Sediments

A sediment is a particle that settled from a _____, like _____, _____, or _____.

Marine sediments are classified according to the particle _____ and their _____.

The biggest particle size is called _____, and the smallest is called _____.

Mud is a mixture of _____ and _____

A muddy beach indicates that _____ waves are absent from that area.

Storm (LARGE) waves result in _____, or _____ beaches.

Sea shells are an example of _____ type sediments.

Quartz sand is an example of _____ type sediments.

Layers of salt are an example of _____ type sediments.

Meteorites are an example of _____ type sediments.

Sand in a beach comes from _____, or dur to cliff _____.

As the distance from the source increases, the particle size of lithogenous sediments _____.

Oozes are _____ that form from living organisms that live near the surface of the _____ sea.

The two types of oozes are _____ and _____.

Calcareous oozes are produced by the remains of _____ and _____.

CCD stands for _____.

_____ the CCD there are no calcareous oozes due to their dissolution in _____ seawater in the deep sea.

Siliceous oozes are produced by the remains of _____ and _____ shells.

Diatoms produce siliceous ooze in _____ water, and radiolarians in _____ water.

Rock salt forms due to the _____ of seawater.

Some hydrogenous sediments form due to excessive _____ of salts in seawater.

_____ layers form only when there are no other sediments present.

The presence of salt layers indicates that an ocean in that area _____.

Marine sediments indicate the _____ of the ocean.

The most common type of sediment in continental margins is _____.

The most common type of sediment in the ocean is _____.

Red Clay forms from wind-blown _____, and is found only where oceans were like _____ without any marine life.

In a core sampled from the seafloor, the sediments near the bottom are _____ than those near the top.

Every sediment layer indicates a sedimentation _____ that represents the conditions that existed in the ocean.

Marine sedimentary rocks on land indicate that there used to be an _____ in that area.

Coral reeds produce _____ type sediments.

Gravel is a mixture of _____, _____, and _____.

Calcareous ooze indicates that the water depth they deposited is shallower than _____.

_____ _____ indicates that the oceans were like deserts during the time it was deposited.

Manganese nodules in the ocean form when seawater has excess _____ ions.

Oxygen isotopes in calcareious ooze can be used to determine the ocean _____ in the past.